Isaiah Chapter 33 verse 12 Holy Bible
And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
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And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.
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And the peoples shall be [as] burnings of lime, [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
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And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
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The peoples shall be as the burning of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
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And peoples have been `as' burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - The people; rather, the peoples, as in ver. 3; i.e. the nations composing the Assyrian army. As the burnings of lime; as thorns. Things that fire consumes utterly and quickly.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) And the people shall be . . .--The two images of destruction are singularly vivid. The limekiln and the oven which was fed with thorns were alike in this. The outcome of their work was seen in a residuum of ashes.